peor
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese peior, from Latin peior, peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). Cognate with Portuguese pior, Spanish peor.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
peor m or f (plural peores)
- comparative degree of mao: worse
- Antonym: mellor
- superlative degree of mao: worst
- Antonym: mellor
Adverb edit
peor
- comparative degree of mal, worse
- Antonym: mellor
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “peyor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “peor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “peor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “peor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “peor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
peor oblique singular, f (oblique plural peors, nominative singular peor, nominative plural peors)
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Adjective edit
peor m or f (plural peores)
Adverb edit
peor
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
peor m or f (masculine and feminine plural peores)
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Adverb edit
peor
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “peor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014